Orlando J. Rowe

In 1860 he was 15 years old, and lived with his father Solomon, a shoemaker, his step-mother Charity (née DeBeck), and 2 older siblings at Eddington, ME. He enlisted on 15 August 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company H, 7th Maine Infantry on 21 August 1861.

He was severely wounded in the leg in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was transferred to Company C, date not given, but was listed as a deserter in January 1863. He was arrested in Aurora, ME in October 1863 and returned to duty. He reenlisted at Brandy Station, VA on 14 December 1863, transferred to Company H of the First Maine Veteran Infantry in 1864, and mustered out with them on 2 July 1865.

He died relatively young, barely 30 years old, in 1874.

Casualty information from Hyde.1. His service from the Maine Adjutant General2 and the Card File,3 with his arrest from the Portland Daily Press of 14 October 1863. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary E. Nary (1850-) in October 1871 and they had a daughter Calla/Carrie Amelia (1872-1951).

His stepmother was aunt to fellow Company H soldier Elisha DeBeck.

11/09/1843; Eddington, ME

02/15/1874; Holden, ME; burial in Harts Corner Cemetery, Holden, ME